Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
understanding--The oldest manuscripts, versions, and Fathers, read "heart." Compare the contrary state of unbelieving, the heart being in fault (Ephesians 4:18; Matthew 13:15). Translate, "Having the eyes of your heart enlightened" (Ephesians 5:14; Matthew 4:16). The first effect of the Spirit moving in the new creation, as in the original physical creation (Genesis 1:3; 2 Corinthians 4:6). So THEOPHILUS to AUTOLYCUS (1.3), "the ears of the heart." Where spiritual light is, there is life (John 1:4). The heart is "the core of life" [HARLESS], and the fountain of the thoughts; whence "the heart" in Scripture includes the mind, as well as the inclination. Its "eye," or inward vision, both receives and contemplates the light (Matthew 6:22-23). The eye is the symbol of intelligence (Ezekiel 1:18).
the hope of his calling--the hope appertaining to His having called you; or, to the calling wherewith He has called you.
and--omitted in the oldest manuscripts and versions.
riches of the glory-- (Colossians 1:27).
his inheritance in the saints--The inheritance which he has in store in the case of the saints. I prefer explaining, "The inheritance which He has in his saints." (See on Ephesians 1:11; Deuteronomy 32:9).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Psalms 119:130
Song of Solomon 4:1
Daniel 2:22
Galatians 4:9
Ephesians 1:6
Ephesians 1:7
Ephesians 1:11
Ephesians 1:12
Ephesians 1:15
Ephesians 1:17
Ephesians 1:19
Ephesians 3:9
Ephesians 4:1
Ephesians 5:14
Colossians 1:23
Colossians 1:27
2 Timothy 1:9
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